CMPA first board meeting a success

The Board of Trustees of Community Maritime Park Associates held its first workshop Friday afternoon. The City has loaned Ed Spears as a staff support…

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Sam Hall joins blogosphere

The Link is Pensacola Underdog. Hall (Candidate for PNS City Council) was part of the Stop Our City brain trust. He also spoke strongly against…

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Council tells under 40s: Forget about CMPA

The Pensacola City Council at its Committee of the Whole meeting today named its finalists for the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees: Rhett…

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CMPA nominees

Here are the nominees for the three open seats on the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees (nominating councilperson in parenthesis): Judge David Ackerman…

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White named to CMPA board

Katie Monroe White was elected to the Community Maritime Park Associates board last night  by the current members. White replaces Quint Studer who resigned last…

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Who will City Council appoint to CMPA?

The big question around downtown is who will the Penascola City Council appoint to the Community Maritime Park Associates Board? The City has four representatives….

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Gulf1.com: What about the economy?

Good old William Cobb continues to wage his battle against the waterfront park and City Hall on Gulf1.com. Here’s his latest tome: What about the…

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CMPA Board named

The Community Maritime Park Associates named its six board picks to go along with Judge Lacey Collier: 1. Collier Merrill – downtown businessman, developer, former…

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Pelican Attendance Stats

From Pelican General Manager T. Nunnari: Pelican Park/ UWF capacity:   2,500 2006 average Attendance:   1,670 (67% occupancy) Weekend Average:  2,230 (90% occupancy) 2006 Largest Crowd:   …

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They keep plugging away

The Stop Our City folks keep plugging away at Gulf1.com. They miss their Tuesday night meetings at the Bayview Community Center. Some are still trying…

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Studer blamed for tax increase

William Thurston is becoming a regular letter writer to the PNJ. This letter is from the Sunday edition: A boondoggle Well, it sure didn’t take…

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Nancy Fetterman: “Well done”

Note from Nancy Fetterman: Tonight, I just returned from the cruise that Jack and I were to take together. It is late morning in Florence…

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Did Save Our City tackle the wrong issue?

For over 18 months, Save Our City had the City of Pensacola and most of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties embroiled in a debate over…

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Willie has all he needs

The Save Our City mentality still exists. Here’s a letter sent to the PNJ: What will be at park, that we don’t already have? One…

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Who will be on Maritime Park board?

The PNJ did a story on the board for Community Maritime Park Associates: Interest high in park board. This board will oversee the construction, development…

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Gulf1: SOC failed because of PNJ picture

Here is why William Cobb (Stop Our City supporter) believes the Community Maritime Park passed – as per his letter posted on gulf1.com: False Representation…

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Where’s Marty? Who should replace him?

A week ago, we woke to find that not only the Community Maritime Park had passed, but that the district that voted heaviest for the…

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It’s late at night …and I’ve had too much to think – 9/12/06

It has been a week since the Community Maritime Park passed. Everything is the same, but everything has changed. The Pensacola City Council, except for…

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Virgil has hard time letting go

Letter to the PNJ: Vote them out Thank you to Charles Fairchild and his Save Our City political action committee for trying to save our…

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Mystery of the day: Missing Howard Viewpoint

  Pensacola City Council candidate and Stop Our City supporter Jerry Howard wrote a viewpoint against the Vince Whibbs Community Maritime Park (Jerry Howard) for…

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